Psalm 34

1 I will bless the Lord at all times;  his praise shall ever be in my mouth.2 My soul shall glory in the Lord;  let the humble hear and be glad.3 O magnify the Lord with me;  let us exalt his name together.4 I sought the Lord and he answered me  and delivered me from all my fears.5 Look upon him and be radiant  and your faces shall not be ashamed.6 This poor soul cried, and the Lord heard me  and saved me from all my troubles.7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him  and delivers them.8 O taste and see that the Lord is gracious;  blessed is the one who trusts in him.9 Fear the Lord, all you his holy ones,  for those who fear him lack nothing.10 Lions may lack and suffer hunger,  but those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good.11 Come, my children, and listen to me;  I will teach you the fear of the Lord.12 Who is there who delights in life  and longs for days to enjoy good things?13 Keep your tongue from evil  and your lips from lying words.14 Turn from evil and do good;  seek peace and pursue it.15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous  and his ears are open to their cry.16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,  to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.17 The righteous cry and the Lord hears them  and delivers them out of all their troubles.18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted  and will save those who are crushed in spirit.19 Many are the troubles of the righteous;  from them all will the Lord deliver them.20 He keeps all their bones,  so that not one of them is broken.21 But evil shall slay the wicked  and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.22 The Lord ransoms the life of his servants  and will condemn none who seek refuge in him.

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Ezekiel 3:.4-27

4 He said to me: Mortal, go to the house of Israel and speak my very words to them.
5For you are not sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel
6not to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
7But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me; because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
8See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
9Like the hardest stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
10He said to me: Mortal, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears;
11then go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, Thus says the Lord God; whether they hear or refuse to hear.

Ezekiel at the River Chebar

12 Then the spirit lifted me up, and as the glory of the Lord rose* from its place, I heard behind me the sound of loud rumbling;
13it was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, that sounded like a loud rumbling.
14The spirit lifted me up and bore me away; I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.
15I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who lived by the river Chebar.* And I sat there among them, stunned, for seven days.

16 At the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me:
17Mortal, I have made you a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
18If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and you give them no warning, and do not speak to warn the wicked from their wicked way, in order to save their life, those wicked persons shall die for their iniquity; but their blood I will require at your hand.
19But if you warn the wicked, and they do not turn from their wickedness, or from their wicked way, they shall die for their iniquity; but you will have saved your life.
20Again, if the righteous turn from their righteousness and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before them, they shall die; because you have not warned them, they shall die for their sin, and their righteous deeds that they have done shall not be remembered; but their blood I will require at your hand.
21If, however, you warn the righteous not to sin, and they do not sin, they shall surely live, because they took warning; and you will have saved your life.

Ezekiel Isolated and Silenced

22 Then the hand of the Lord was upon me there; and he said to me, Rise up, go out into the valley, and there I will speak with you.
23So I rose up and went out into the valley; and the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
24The spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet; and he spoke with me and said to me: Go, shut yourself inside your house.
25As for you, mortal, cords shall be placed on you, and you shall be bound with them, so that you cannot go out among the people;
26and I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be speechless and unable to reprove them; for they are a rebellious house.
27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God; let those who will hear, hear; and let those who refuse to hear, refuse; for they are a rebellious house.

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Luke 9: 37-50

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
38Just then a man from the crowd shouted, Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child.
39Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he* shrieks. It throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him.
40I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.
41Jesus answered, You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.
42While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
43And all were astounded at the greatness of God.

Jesus Again Foretells His Death

While everyone was amazed at all that he was doing, he said to his disciples,
44Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.
45But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

True Greatness

46 An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest.
47But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side,
48and said to them, Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among all of you is the greatest.

Another Exorcist

49 John answered, Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.
50But Jesus said to him, Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.